Max Heyraud, Author at Four/Four Magazine

The Celtic Circuit: How Ireland and Scotland Built a Joint Club Identity

Max HeyraudDecember 1, 2025

Ireland and Scotland’s club scenes have grown into a tightly linked cross-border ecosystem, where shared history, rave habits and artist pipelines continually shape the sound and spirit of both nations. Ireland and Scotland have long been bound b... Read More...

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Fontaines D.C. CMAT & Skepta Set For Electric Picnic 2026

Max HeyraudDecember 1, 2025

Electric Picnic has revealed the first wave of acts for its 2026 edition, an announcement already being hailed as one of the festival’s strongest in years. Fontaines D.C., Gorillaz and CMAT top the initial billing, joined by Sombr, Zara Larsson, ... Read More...

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The Ritual Is Bringing a Camera-Free, Masked New Year’s Rave to Slane Castle

Max HeyraudNovember 27, 2025

The Ritual has announced the first wave of its 2025 New Year’s Eve lineup, revealing a broad cast of Irish selectors set to soundtrack the candlelit transformation of Slane Castle on December 31st. The bill showcases a true who’s-who of local Iri... Read More...

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Wingstop Celebrates Its Dublin Opening with a Party at Button Factory This Sunday

Max HeyraudNovember 27, 2025

Wingstop is officially touching down in Ireland, and it’s marking the occasion with a full-scale party this Sunday from 5–10 pm, transforming the Button Factory into the “Flavour Factory” for one night only. Staying true to their long-running tie... Read More...

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In Conversation with Faster Horses: “I Refuse To Be Boxed In”

Max HeyraudNovember 27, 2025

Defying easy categorisation, Faster Horses has carved out a distinctive place in contemporary dance music by letting instinct, not genre, drive his trajectory. Faster Horses seemed to appear out of thin air in 2021, emerging fully formed with his... Read More...

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A New Basement Club Is Opening Off Stephen’s Green This Weekend

Max HeyraudNovember 26, 2025

Dublin just got a badly needed shot of good news: a brand new late-night basement club space is opening in the city centre. Introducing Chez Spice at Kaldero, a no-door-charge, music-led, vinyl-only, proper late-night venue landing at a time when... Read More...

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Tim Reaper: “Jungle Has Connected With A Younger Generation In A Way I’ve Never Seen Before”

Max HeyraudNovember 26, 2025

NatMac sat down with jungle contemporary maverick Tim Reaper before his two-date run in Cork and Galway this weekend. This weekend brings one of the most exciting link-ups in Ireland’s underground scene as Tim Reaper arrives for a two-leg weekend... Read More...

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Local Selection 286: FOLZ

Max HeyraudNovember 26, 2025

This week’s Local Selection comes courtesy of Belfast’s own FOLZ, who delivers a grime-soaked, club-ready hour packed with hard-edged edits, gnarly reese basslines and punchy speed-garage percussion. A rising DJ and producer from Belfast, FOLZ h... Read More...

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5 Essential New Tracks From Ireland’s Electronic Landscape

Max HeyraudNovember 25, 2025

This batch of new Irish releases charts the breadth of the island’s electronic landscape, stretching from mist-softened synth-wave and deep, trudging techno to peak-time acid, cloud-drift garage mutations and proggy, woodland-ready rollers. ... Read More...

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“I’m Always Trying to Bring Them Closer”: Chloe Lula on Merging Her Two Musical Worlds

Max HeyraudNovember 24, 2025

Chloé Lula joins Mord with a mini LP that captures techno at its most textured, hypnotic, and disquieting. San Francisco-born, Berlin-based artist Chloe Lula presents one of her most impressive works yet in a career defined by defying convention.... Read More...

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